Well, all I can say to this is "ouch!"
"So much for sisterhood.
"Women juggling kids and careers in private practice might expect some sympathy, maybe even a little slack, from female clients. After all, the thinking goes, they can relate.
"Or not.
"Last week, a panel of in-house counsel [PDF link] at a National Association of Women Lawyers event in Los Angeles told the crowd to keep their personal lives out of the equation: Clients should come first.
"’If there’s a family crisis or something with the kids or other clients, we don’t care about it — get the job done,’ Linda Louie, general counsel for the National Hot Rod Association, told an audience of about 100 women Wednesday. ‘You are a commodity to us — show me how you can solve a problem.’"